Audacity Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is open source software licensed under GPL, version 2 or later. Recording from any real, or virtual audio device that is available to the host system. Export / Import a wide range of audio formats, extendible with FFmpeg. High quality using 32-bit float audio processing. Plug-ins Support for multiple audio plug-in formats, including VST, LV2, AU. Macros for chaining commands and batch processing. Scripting in Python, Perl, or any language that supports named pipes. Nyquist Very powerful built-in scripting language that may also be used to create plug-ins. Editing multi-track editing with sample accuracy and arbitrary sample rates. Accessibility for VI users. Analysis and visualization tools to analyze audio, or other signal data.